Chelsea could offload up to six players in the remaining three weeks of January transfer window, motivated at least in part by raising funds for a potential Mark Guahy search.
Clues have emerged Injuries to Benoit Badiashil and Wesley Fofana highlight the need for more defensive reinforcements.
Guhi, sold by Chelsea to Crystal Palace for £18m in the summer of 2021, was valued at £70m last summer when the England centre-back was the subject of multiple Newcastle United bids. Chelsea are believed to have a sell-on clause in a future deal for Gueye.
Chelsea has been too A shock trevoh chalobah connected with a U-turnHalf a season after completely freezing out the home-grown defender and loaning him to Palace.
According to TelegraphThe Blues insist that any January recruitment does not amount to panic buying, but they want to be prepared to move for the right opportunities.
Cleaning up a bloated squad is a matter of time, as Chelsea have too many first-team players for Enzo Maresca to use regularly. It is well established that Ben Chilwell, Carney Chukwuemeka, Cesar Casadei and summer signing Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall are available for transfer. The club want around £60m for Chukwuemeka and Kasadei, while Dewsbury-Hall cost £30m from Leicester City just six months ago.
Two new and more surprising names cited by Telegraph K Chelsea Axel Disassi and Christopher Nkunku are set to be released this month.
Disassi has captained the side on several occasions in the Conference League and Carabao Cup this season. But the £38.5m Frenchman has rarely featured in the Premier League and has been touted as someone who does not fit Maresca’s style of play.
Nkunku was signed for £52m following a prolific spell at RB Leipzig, only for injuries to plague his first season with Chelsea. He has featured significantly more under Maresca than any of the others named here, yet is mainly as a substitute when it comes to the bread and butter of the Premier League.